Alan Stiles dies

BOSTON (AP) _ Alan Stiles, the former publisher of Men's Fitness and Esquire magazines, has died. He was 54.

¶ Stiles died Jan. 9 after being struck by a commuter train in Massachusetts. The death was confirmed by Marlene Kahan, the executive director of the American Society of Magazine Editors, and Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

¶ Pesaturo said the train's 240 passengers were not injured in the Jan. 9 incident.

¶ Stiles, of Nashua, N.H., parked his car along the Massachusetts Turnpike, then apparently walked into the path of the oncoming train after it left Boston's South Station.

¶ Stiles had a long career in magazines. He helped relaunch Men's Fitness, where he worked as publisher from 2003 to 2004. He also helped launch ESPN The Magazine and served as publisher at Esquire and as a top executive at Vanity Fair and GQ.